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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Retired In Nevada, post: 1539896, member: 24401&quot;]Due to both personal desire and financial need, I am trying to break into trucking at age 57. I have applied with all of the usual starter company suspects that hire CDL school grads from my area (Las Vegas). So far, I have been turned down by all of them except Swift, from whom I have a pre-hire letter.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I will need state grant funding to attend CDL school because I suffered a total financial wipeout two years ago from a Ponzi scheme similar to Bernie Madoff. The state agency here that provides grant funding for CDL schools requires a pre-hire letter from any OTR company <b>other than Swift</b>. Why not Swift? The agency told me that they have had too many problems with Swift issuing pre-hire letters, then not hiring the CDL school grads.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Right now, I have applications with Stevens Transport and Werner Enterprises under review.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have no criminal record whatsoever. My driving record is spotless except for one DUI in early 1996. The first thing that I mention to every company that I apply with is the DUI. They all say no problem, it&#039;s long enough ago, go ahead and submit your application.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have pretty much been retired for the last 6-1/2 years and scratching by on a small pension from my last employer (the information technology field as a computer programmer) for the last two years since the financial wipeout. I tell every company this right up front and tell them that I can supply all of the documentation that they might want to prove what I have been doing for the last 6-1/2 years.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Look, folks. I&#039;m an intelligent, honest, hard-working guy who suffered a financial disaster two years ago at the hands of a thief. I&#039;m looking for a company that will give me a break and a pre-hire letter so that I can attend CDL school.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If Stevens and Werner turn me down, any suggestions as to where could I turn to break into this industry?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Before you tell me to relocate, financially, I cannot. I am stuck owning and living in a property for which there is no market here in depressed southern Nevada. The CC&amp;Rs here prevent me from renting it out. I simply cannot bear the cost of maintaining two homes.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And before you tell me to try to find a job in the IT field or related field, I have been trying since the financial wipeout, to no avail.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have even applied for jobs at the local fast food joints. No luck there, either. Seems like nobody wants to hire a 57-year-old.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And one more word about Swift. While talking with the instructor at the CDL school I wish to attend (a local community college; a thorough 240-hour course), he said that I probably wouldn&#039;t want to drive for Swift because many of his recent graduates who are driving for Swift are reporting paychecks of only about $200/week.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Swift drivers: What have you to say about those reports of $200/week paychecks?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>TIA, all, for your forthcoming replies and input.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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